Returns the live product feed of one Mercado Libre category on a country site: the best sellers and the current offers, merged and without duplicates. Each product carries title, brand, seller, official-store flag, price, previous price, discount label, currency, shipping text and promise, item, product and category ids, product url and picture. The feed has no paging: it returns the products Mercado Libre shows for the category, usually 20 to 40. Use the categories endpoint to find category ids. This endpoint is a category catalogue, not a keyword search. Failed requests (404, 422, 503) are never billed. A valid answer with zero rows is a successful, billable 200.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
2 required parameters needed before sending a request.
string
Required
Country site id: MLA (Argentina), MLB (Brazil), MLM (Mexico), MLC (Chile), MCO (Colombia), MPE (Peru), MLU (Uruguay), MEC (Ecuador) or MLV (Venezuela).
MLA
string
Required
Category id of the same site, for example MLA1574 (Hogar, Muebles y Jardín). Root and sub categories work.
MLA1574
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/mercadolibre/category-products?site=MLA&category_id=MLA1574")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"site": "MLA",
"category_id": "MLA1574",
"products": [
{
"position": 1,
"tab": "affiliate-profile-best-sellers",
"item_id": "MLA3965765480",
"product_id": "MLA79197996",
"user_product_id": "MLAU3894255142",
"category_id": "MLA456108",
"url": "https://www.mercadolibre.com.ar/kit-cubre-edredon-dubai-queen-2-plazas-260x240-2-fundas-de-almohadas-almendra-ganga-home/p/MLA79197996",
"title": "Kit Cubre Edred\u00f3n Dubai Queen 2 Plazas 260x240 + 2 Fundas de Almohadas Almendra | Ganga Home",
"brand": "GANGA HOME",
"seller": "Por Ganga Home",
"official_store": true,
"highlight": "M\u00c1S VENDIDO",
"price": 31990,
"previous_price": 52999,
"currency": "ARS",
"discount_label": "39% OFF",
"shipping_text": "Env\u00edo gratis",
"shipping_promise_type": "none",
"fulfilled_by_mercado_libre": true,
"picture_id": "684855-MLA118959230543_102026",
"image_url": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_2X_684855-MLA118959230543_102026-V.jpg"
}
],
"total": 35,
"source_tabs": [
{
"id": "affiliate-profile-best-sellers",
"title": "M\u00e1s vendidos",
"count": 17
},
{
"id": "affiliate-profile-offers",
"title": "Ofertas",
"count": 18
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "category_products",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
The item, category or store does not exist on this site. This response is not billable.
Validation Error
A parameter is invalid: unknown site, an id that does not belong to the site, a limit out of range, rating other than 1 to 5, or a zip code of another country. This response is not billable.
Service Unavailable
The service could not obtain a complete result from Mercado Libre. This response is not billable.
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